إذا ابن جميل مشى خلتنا

تموج بنا إن مشى زلزله

If the handsome son walks, we sway

As if an earthquake shook us when he strides

تميل به الأرض في مشيه

ويشبه آخره أوّله

The earth tilts beneath his gait

His ending resembles his beginning

ولو حملت كفّه خردلا

لما ضاع من كفّه خردله

If he carried a mustard seed in his palm

None would be lost from his hand

ولو كانت الأرض نطيقة

لقالت من الجهد ما أثقله

If the ground could speak

It would complain of the burden of his weight

أخوه صغير ولكنّه

من الكيس أحرك من قلقله

His younger brother is small but

Shrewder than the tinkling anklet

وهذا يرى إن بدا مقبلا

فللنّاس من مشيه ولوله

When this one appears, people sway

From his walk though he makes no effort

ولا ذنب عندي لهذا الفقيه

سوى قربه منه إذ حنبله

I find no fault in this scholar

Except his kinship, now the vein is opened